a nonblack person saying nigger to a black person is a completely different thing from a black person saying it to another black person for that matter only certain younger under african americans accept this usage among their peers anyone older is sure to be quite scandalized context is everything whites who like saying nigger love to justify it by claiming they all call each other that uh not relevant in us history it was whites enslaving beating lynching restricting blacks full stop even though most whites would rather forget about it blacks are quite aware of this history which being called nigger by a white or any outsider conjures